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Spring and healing

Martin Kelley — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:04:03 +0000

I was just filling out my work log for March and had forgotten just how crazy the weather here in the U.S. Northeast had been, with successive waves of nor’easters dumping massive amounts of snow on us. It made for some great kid pictures but it added quite a bit of chaos to work schedules.

So it seems kind of amazing there’s an April issue of Friends Journal. But there is and it’s a good one I think: we look at healing. The cover of new tree leaves backlit by springtime sun is seasonal but it also reflects the topic and our mood after a wintry late winter.

Just a moment…

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Maple sugaring at Howell Living History Farm

Martin Kelley — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:06:38 +0000

Yesterday the family traveled north of Trenton to a living history farm to learn about maple sugaring.The kids collected buckets of sap, practiced drilling a tap, watched the boiling off process in a “sugar shack,” cut firewood, and then—yes!—ate some pancakes with farm-made maple syrup.

Regular readers might remember a trip to Howell Farm last February, when the weather was cold enough for ice harvesting on the lake.

Yesterday’s visit was a muddy, soggy day and the lake was clear. But I think everyone had just as much fun. See more pics on our Flickr set: